Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- King Richard III and York
- Industrial Upheaval
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Statue of Napoleon
- The York Observatory
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- St Crux's Church
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Olive Oil Container
- Church of St Helen
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- View from Station Rise
- The Black Death
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Minster in the 19th Century